Water History

Aims & Scope

Water History aims to foster historical understanding of the relationship between water and humankind.

The journal spans disciplines to illuminate the complex processes that have shaped water resource use and reveal interrelated historical contingencies and precedents.

As water has influenced the development of human communities throughout the world, the study of water contributes to understanding of economic, political, social, and environmental history, the history of science, medicine, technology, environmental sciences, and geography.

In recognition of the complexity and sometimes contradictory aims and ideologies of those controlling water resources, Water History provides a forum for peer-reviewed research in the field of water history and management.

The journal forges effective links between scholars engaged in water history research in the humanities and social sciences, as well in as the natural and applied sciences.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Hydraulic landscapes in Mesopotamia: the role of human niche construction

  Citation: 66

  Authors: T. J., Louise, Jaafar

• Hydraulic landscapes and imperial power in the Near East

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Tony James, Louise

• Historical background, productivity and technical issues of qanats

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Ali

• Changes in water and land: the reconstructed Viennese riverscape from 1500 to the present

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Severin, Bernhard, Christoph, Gertrud, Sylvia, Martin, Fridolin, Verena

• “Nkrumah’s Baby”: the Akosombo Dam and the dream of development in Ghana, 1952–1966

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Stephan F.

• The sustainability of ancient water control techniques in Iran: an overview

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Mark, Dale, Morteza

• Carbon stable isotope analysis of cereal remains as a way to reconstruct water availability: preliminary results

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Pascal, Gundula, Emma

• The non-hierarchical development of complexity in the semitropics: water and cooperation

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Vernon L., Lisa J.

• De-colonizing water. Dispossession, water insecurity, and Indigenous claims for resources, authority, and territory

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Juan Pablo, Rutgerd, Jeroen

• Looking at half a millennium of co-existence: the Danube in Vienna as a socio-natural site

  Citation: 40

  Authors: Verena, Martin, Gert